Mitral valve surgery and atrial fibrillation: is atrial fibrillation surgery also needed?
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- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 17 (5) , 530-537
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(00)00399-7
Abstract
Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) persisting after mitral valve surgery reduces survival due to heart failure and thrombo-embolisms, and impairs quKeywords
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